JUDY WAGGONER’S memorial gathering is this Saturday, 24 June, 3pm, at the redwood grove at the Navarro Store. Pastor Willie Roberts will preside at the inurnment at Evergreen Cemetery, Boonville, preceding the potluck assembly of family and friends in Navarro.

THE RASTAFARIANS and their fans and bands arrived in Boonville in great numbers Friday and even greater numbers Saturday and Sunday. Businesses throughout Mendocino County’s most happening venue, the Anderson Valley, were packed throughout the weekend, although the restaurants noted not much of a customer increase, probably because so much food is sold inside the event. Lizbby’s Mexican restaurant in downtown Boonville arranged outdoor dining beneath a canopy in front of the restaurant, and inside dining for regulars. Saturday, with temperatures soaring, large numbers of concert goers availed themselves of the cooling and re-hydration tents. Attendance seemed up all weekend. One arrest for drunk in public, and one ugly, low-energy incident at Pic ’N Pay where a Rastafarian stood at the counter for a good twenty minutes trying to cheat Irene over a twenty dollar purchase. People in line were yelling at the oaf to get it moving, but he wouldn’t leave until his sadistic little game was completed.

KILLER HEATWAVES ON THE RISE

Three quarters of the world’s population faces exposure to soaring temps each summer by the end of the 21st Century

James Belch age 52 of Leggett was driving a 2000 GMC northbound on Highway 1 near milepost marker 1 MEN 84.5 (near Rockport about 15 miles north of Fort Bragg) at approximately 35-40 MPH. Raeanna Baumann age 20 of Myers Flat was driving a 1998 Toyota southbound on SR-1 north of the GMC. Belch was approaching a right hand curve in the roadway when he allowed his vehicle to drift to the left and cross over the solid double yellow lines. It proceeded into the southbound lane while traveling directly towards the Toyota.

Belch

Baumann was driving through the same curve at that moment when she saw the GMC traveling directly towards her. Due to the limited space of the roadway and minimal time to react, Baumann was unable to avoid a collision with the GMC.

The front of the GMC collided into the front of her vehicle. Both vehicles came to rest within the roadway of SR-1 on their wheels.

Michael Baumann III age 1 was transported from the scene and taken to UC Davis Medical Center for treatment of his injuries.

It is undetermined at this time whether the toddler was properly secured in his child seat at the time of the collision.

Belch was determined to be driving while under the influence of alcohol and placed under arrest. (CHP presser)

A STOLEN 18-WHEELER has fouled the cleanest stretch of the South Fork of the Eel west of Laytonville near the Heath Angelo Preserve. The stolen truck collapsed the old Jacks of Heart bridge and went into the water of the creek, which flows into the South Fork. Then, doubling down on the disaster, the thieves stole a tractor to try to pull the truck out and it also went into the creek. Locals suspect tweakers working on a nearby pot plantation.

MAJOR INJURY ACCIDENT ON HIGHWAY 128

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IN OTHER NEWS from the North County, Jack Ma, a Chinese national assumed to be the richest man in the world, now owns the 18,000-acre Shamrock Ranch south of Laytonville, known to many in the county as home to a large herd of elk. On a visit to his new holdings a couple of months ago, Ma, and a heavily armed cohort of body guards and employees, managed to get themselves lost on the Shamrock, finally emerging from the trees near Dos Rios.

LITTLE DOG SAYS, “He probably thinks I didn't see him sneak in here to sleep and take a dump in the corner of our property last night, but I snitched off Captain Fathom first thing this morning. We're hospitable to a point, but I ask you?”

REDWOOD QUALITY MANAGEMENT, a private for-profit business, will get $15.4 million for mental health services from July 2017 to June 2018. “Item 4(r) Approval of Agreements with Redwood Quality Management Company for Specialty Mental Health Services in the Amount of $9,481,381 for Children and Youth 24 Years and Under; and $5,869,000 for Adults 25 years and Older for Fiscal Year (FY) 2017-18.” Redwood Quality is based in Ukiah. This sum is basically forked over for services which may or may not be rendered. We won’t know because there’s no meaningful accounting and the Supervisors just wave this big number on through.

MENDO has agreed to pay — brace yourselves — $250K, at the exorbitant rate of $350 per hour, to an LA law firm to conduct the County’s simple, uncontested labor negotiations. “Item 4(v): Approval of Agreement with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore for an Amount up to $250,000 for the Period of July 1, 2017, Through June 30, 2018, to Provide Contract Negotiations and Employer-Employee Relations Services with the County’s Eight Bargaining Units and Other Legal Representation as Needed.” The County maintains its own office of six attorneys, plus the lead Counsel. It’s called the County Counsel’s Office, and one has to wonder why the County pays a quarter of a million dollars to an LA firm for “services” that should be rendered in-house.

I hope one of you can explain why you felt it necessary to spend a quarter million dollars for outside attorneys to negotiate a basically uncontested pay raise for County employees.

Respectfully,

Bruce Anderson, AVA, Boonville

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Hello AVA,

Carmel asked me to answer you regarding the cost of the LCW agreement for 17/18.

I have attached a spreadsheet showing estimated LCW costs for the current fiscal year which ends July 30, 2017. Based on these costs, the fact that we have only negotiated and settled with three of our nine bargaining units, and that we still have three open and on-going investigations, I estimated a cost of $250,000 for the upcoming fiscal year.

We’ve got a more thorough drug-testing program than the NFL or MLB, which we always brag about. But we’ve still got a drug issue, though a different one than thirty years ago. And this one bothers me more than the dumbasses who got in trouble with recreational drugs.

I’m talking about performance-enhancing drugs — like steroids, human growth hormone, and so on. It’s obvious some of our players are doping. How are some guys getting older — yet thinner and fitter? How are they recovering from injuries so fast? Why the hell are they going to Germany in the off-season? I doubt it’s for the sauerkraut.

More likely it’s for the newest, hard-to-detect blood boosters and PEDs they have in Europe. Unfortunately, drug testing always seems to be a couple steps behind drug hiding. Lance Armstrong never failed a drug test. I think we want the best athletes to succeed, not the biggest, richest cheaters employing the best scientists. But I don’t know what to do about it.

Singer songwriter Anne Feeney is performing at the Community Center of Mendocino on July 2 at 7PM. Based in Pittsburgh, PA, Feeney is the granddaughter of an intrepid mineworkers organizer, who also used music to carry the message of solidarity to working people. After two decades of community activism and regional performances at rallies, Anne took her message on the road. Since 1991 Anne has traveled to the frontlines in 40 states, Canada, Mexico, Ireland and Sweden. Her anthem “Have You Been to Jail for Justice?” has been performed by Peter, Paul and Mary. Dubbed the “minister of culture” to the movements for economic and social justice and human rights, Anne is “the best labor singer in North America,” according to late, great Utah Phillips. Tickets can be purchased at the door or at Brownpapertickets.com. The Community Center is located at 998 School St., behind Friendship Park. Information 937-0334, Music, videos, photos: http://annefeeney.com/press-kit/

ON LINE COMMENT OF THE DAY

Maybe people out in the boondocks are ‘moving on’ in their own subtle, but real ways. One real positive outcome of people becoming more conscious about what they are eating is the growth of locally made foodstuffs. I’ve really seen an uptick of that trend in my area. Along with a rise in neighborhood breweries, something that hasn’t been seen in a very long time. So, I think strengthening our local communities in regards to a local economy or politically – is the way to go.

ANARCHY

by Manuel Vicent

Translated by Louis S. Bedrock

One could live without politicians, but not without doctors; one could live without the military, but not without teachers; one could live without judges and policemen, but not without scientists; one could live without priests, but not without workers. Nevertheless, in the Merry Kingdom of Anarchy, some politicians, judges, and urban police might be able to contribute to the collective well-being as long as they passed the test of the Universal Vibrator.

The implementation of the test of The Universal Vibrator consists of applying a powerful vibration to any work, behavior, profession, ideology, or beliefs of people: anything that falls off is superfluous. Less is more.

This minimalist philosophy that the architect Mies van der Rohe infused into his buildings can be applied to any facet of society. If in the midst of a debate about the State of the Nation, Congress was submitted to the Law of the Universal Vibrator, which politician would remain on his feet to speak from that forum?

If this extremely powerful vibration was applied to the stupid and superfluous nonsense heard and read everyday in the media, which words would retain their purity and importance—and have the right to defy the beauty of silence?

If the ideology of the right or the left was submitted to the Universal Vibrator, the citizens undoubtedly would be free from fanaticism, sectarianism, and stupidity and would be prepared to elect a leader who was intelligent and honest—and who didn’t owe any favors to anyone.

Furthermore, large amounts of rubble would be shaken off from the churches, the universities, and the art world.

In the wake of this aesthetic earthquake, society would be composed of doctors, teachers, researchers, forest rangers, and cultivators of cereals and grains. They’d be assisted by a handful of traffic cops that emerged unscathed from the purifying rays of the Universal Vibrator and could form a part of the Moral Kingdom of Anarchy.

ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE

by James Kunstler

It ain’t bragging if it’s true. I’ve said repeatedly for years that the federal government would only become more impotent, more incompetent, and more ineffectual as The Long Emergency rolled out. And here we are now, at just such a pass in history.

The process has been well underway since the beginning of the century. Even the attempts to expand its scope and reach — such as the post 9-11 addition of God-knows-how-many new intelligence services — has only produced an epic clusterfuck of cross-purposed mission creep that threatens the federal government’s existential legitimacy.

After nearly a year of investigating, the FBI, the CIA, the NSA, the DIA, DHS, et. al. haven’t been able to leak any substantial fact about “Russian collusion” with the Trump election campaign — and, considering the torrent of leaks about all manner of other collateral matters during this same period, it seems impossible to conclude that there is anything actually there besides utterly manufactured hysteria.

Now, one might imagine that this intelligence community could have manufactured some gift-wrapped facts rather than just waves of hysteria, but that’s where the incompetence and impotence comes in. They never came up with anything besides Flynn and Sessions having conversations with the Russian ambassador — as if the ambassadors are not here to have conversations with our government officials. You’d think that with all the computer graphics available these days they could concoct a cineplex-quality feature film-length recording of Donald Trump making a “great deal” to swap Kansas for Lithuania, or Jared Kushner giving piggyback rides to Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.

But all we’ve really ever gotten was a packet of emails from the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta of the Clinton campaign gloating about how nicely they fucked over Bernie Sanders — and that doesn’t exactly reflect so well on what has evolved to be the so-called “Resistance.”

The net effect of all this sound and fury is a government so paralyzed that it can’t even pass bad legislation or execute its existing (excessive) duties. That might theoretically be a good thing, except what we’re seeing are individual departments just veering off on their own, especially the military, which now operates without any civilian control. Apparently General Mattis, the Secretary of Defense, pretty much decided on his own to dispatch another 8,000 US troops to Afghanistan to move things along there in the war’s 16th year. Or did he get President Trump to look up from his Twitter screen for three seconds to explain the situation and get a nod of approval?

Perhaps you also didn’t notice the news item over the weekend that a US-led fighter plane coalition shot down a Syrian air force plane in Syrian airspace. In an earlier era that could easily be construed as an act of war. Who gave the order for that?, you have to wonder. And what will the consequences be? Reasonable people might also ask: haven’t we already made enough deadly mischief in that part of the world?

With the US military gone rogue in foreign lands, and the intelligence community off-the-reservation at home, and the Trump White House all gummed up in the tarbaby of RussiaGate, and the House and Senate lost in the shuffle, you also have to wonder what anybody is going to do about the imminent technical bankruptcy of the USA as the Treasury Department spends down its dwindling fund of remaining cash money to pay ongoing expenses — everything from agriculture subsidies to Medicare. That well is going dry in the middle of the summer, and without any resolution to the debt ceiling debate, the country will not be able to borrow more to pretend that it’s solvent.

I don’t see any indication that the House and Senate will be able to bluster their way through this. Instead, the situation will compel extraordinary new acts of financial fraud via the central banks and its cadre of Too-Big-To-Fail associates. In the event, the likely outcome will be a spectacular fall in the value of the US dollar, and perhaps consecutively, the collapse of the equity and real estate markets.

The public may not give a shit about Syria, Afghanistan, or federal dairy supports, but they’ll sure perk up and notice that their money is going worthless. I doubt they’ll be clamoring for Hillary Clinton to be installed as the first US Caesar to fix it all.

Saturday, June 24th from 10:00am to 1:00pm in the Gardens Meeting Room at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Join Naturalist and Master Gardener, Mario Abreu for a hands-on workshop and lecture on propagating local native plants, heathers, fuchsias, dahlias, and more. Learn basic techniques of seed collection and processing, cloning plants by cutting and division, and how to grow them for planting. BONUS! Each participant will construct their own mini greenhouse to grow plants provided in this workshop. Bring scissors, hand pruners, and lots of questions. Class size is limited and filling up quickly so sign up now by phoning in your payment at 707-964-4352 ext. 16 or reserve your spot in person at The Garden Store at MCBG. Class cost is $20 for members and Master Gardeners; $30 for non-members (includes Gardens admission for the day). Payment is due upon sign-up. Please note, all workshop fees are non-refundable unless the workshop has been canceled or rescheduled by the Gardens.

ANNUAL JULY FOURTH BBQ & LAWN PARTY

Kelley House Museum, 11 a.m. - 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 4. Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Veggie Burgers, Beer, Wine, and more! Dance to the music of The Mixed Nuts. Come early for the best parade seating. 45007 Albion Street, Mendocino, 937-5791 or info@kelleyhousemuseum.org

TWO IMPORTANT WEST COAST GROUNDFISH STOCKS REBUILT

PORTLAND, OREGON – Two important West Coast groundfish stocks that were formerly overfished have now been rebuilt.

Bocaccio and darkblotched rockfish, which are managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, were under strict rebuilding plans that have constrained West Coast fisheries for more than a decade. Bocaccio was declared overfished in 1999, and darkblotched rockfish in 2000; both were rebuilt well before their original target dates.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional fishery management councils that manage ocean fisheries in the United States. Altogether, the Pacific Council manages more than 100 species of groundfish.

Managing groundfish fisheries under rebuilding plans has been an immense challenge for the Council and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries). These plans required sharp reductions in commercial and recreational fisheries targeting groundfish, which included widespread fishing closures through the establishment of Rockfish Conservation Areas off the West Coast and other measures. Since 2003, managing overfished species through area closures such as the Rockfish Conservation Areas has helped to reduce fishing impacts and rebuild overfished groundfish species. In addition, the groundfish fleet has had to limit fishing for other more abundant species to avoid unintentional catch of the overfished stocks.

The successful rebuilding of these species reflects the support and sacrifice of West Coast ports and fishermen who recognized the difficult actions and fishing cutbacks necessary to restore the stocks. The rebuilding of bocaccio and darkblotched rockfish will lead to increased harvest opportunities beginning in 2019.

“By working together, we’ve brought bocaccio and darkblotched rockfish back to where they will again be part of a sustainable West Coast groundfish fishery that creates renewed opportunity for the fishing fleet, as well as more options for seafood consumers,” said Barry Thom, Regional Administrator of NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region.

Between 1999 and 2017, ten West Coast groundfish stocks were declared overfished, as surveys documented their declining numbers. Pacific whiting, for example, was declared overfished in 2002. The Council, working with NOAA Fisheries and the fishing industry, reduced commercial harvests. Combined with strong reproduction and recruitment, the fishing cutbacks led to the rapid rebuilding of Pacific whiting by 2004. The Council and NOAA Fisheries developed rebuilding plans for the other nine overfished stocks—bocaccio, darkblotched rockfish, lingcod, canary rockfish, cowcod, Pacific ocean perch, widow rockfish, petrale sole, and yelloweye rockfish.

Lingcod was declared rebuilt in 2005, and widow rockfish in 2012. Both petrale sole and canary rockfish were declared rebuilt in 2015. Rebuilding plans remain in place for three remaining overfished species: cowcod, Pacific ocean perch, and yelloweye rockfish. New assessments for Pacific ocean perch and yelloweye rockfish will be reviewed this summer and may be adopted in September. Cowcod is expected to be rebuilt by 2019.

“The Council is a transparent, science-based, inclusive approach to fisheries management,” said Council Executive Director Chuck Tracy. “Our progress in rebuilding overfished stocks shows the effectiveness of this approach. West Coast fisheries are a model of sustainable resource management, and they will continue to provide healthy seafood, jobs, and support for coastal communities, as well as access to this resource for all Americans.”

Process

The bocaccio and darkblotched rockfish assessments were developed by scientists at NOAA Fisheries and were reviewed by the Council’s scientific advisory bodies. NOAA Fisheries confirmed the stocks’ status as rebuilt on June 16.

Council Role

The Pacific Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional fishery management councils established by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 for the purpose of managing fisheries 3-200 nautical miles offshore of the United States of America coastline. The Pacific Council recommends management measures for fisheries off the coasts of California, Oregon, and Washington.

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15 Responses to Mendocino County Today: Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Boycott Israel, if you think that’s just
But unless you have a double standard you must
Also boycott the rest of the nations
With allegations of human rights violations
We’re not perfect but if you think we’re the worst
First take a look at the rest of the earth
Don’t pick and choose to pick on the Jews
Pick up the paper and read the news

Boycott North Korea I don’t think you’ll see a
Country in the world that could be un-freer
Boycott China, let’s not forget
That they stole the whole country of Tibet
Boycott Japan slaughtering thousands
Of helpless innocent whales and dolphins
Boycott Vietnam where they choose to use
Drug addicts as slave to shell cashews
Boycott Cambodia, grabbing up land
Five million acres from the poor man’s hand
Boycott Thailand for shutting the door
And deporting refugees back to the war
Boycott Burma, don’t let your cash slip
Into the grip of that military dictatorship
Boycott India, women can’t escape
When the government officials are guilty of rape
Boycott Pakistan, crazy country
Where they execute people for blasphemy
And boycott Afghanistan opium land
Where poppy fields stand in the Taliban’s hand

Chorus

Boycott Syria their government’s killing
Thousands of innocent, unarmed, civilians
Boycott Iraq make them change the laws
That lock up and torture people without cause
Boycott Iran with the greatest rate
Of execution out of every other state
Boycott Turkey because they’ve always denied
And lied about the Armenian Genocide
Boycott Turkmenistan, where the only media
That you ever see is what the president’ll feed to ya
Boycott Uzbekistan, government’s rotten
Enslaving children to harvest cotton
Boycott Russia because every year
More Muslims mysteriously disappear
Boycott Ukraine, where the politicians
Lock up the opposition, so there’s no competition
Boycott Belarus, president’s got to go
You know those elections are just for show
And boycott Germany, cause there’s no reparation
For murdering half the Jewish population

Chorus

Boycott Sudan, the Darfur genocide
Where hundreds of thousands have already died
Boycott Egypt and don’t let that narrow
Minded president keep acting like Pharaoh
Boycott Saudi Arabian oppression
Of women getting beat up, treated like possessions
Boycott Bahrain police brutality
Against the Shi’ites by the Sunni Monarchy
Boycott Yemen make them stop the obscene
Execution of juveniles under eighteen
Boycott Eritrea national slavery
Where they work for free indefinitely
Boycott the Congo, doing terrible things
To sell blood diamond engagement rings
Boycott Zimbabwe you’ll find all kinds
Of torture behind those government mines
Boycott South Africa, make them pay
For the hundreds of women raped everyday
Boycott Ivory Coast, sound the alarm
There’s thousands of slaves on those cocoa farms

Chorus

Boycott Chile because they deny
Abortions even if the mother will die
And boycott Brazil where the brutal police
Kill thousands of people to keep the peace
Boycott Venezuela closer inspection
Shows that the socialists stole the election
Boycott Colombia, putting out the lights
Of anyone who fights for union rights
Boycott Ecuador for stealing the lands
Of indigenous people for their corporate plans
And boycott Costa Rica where they’ve applied
So much pesticide, that hundreds have died
Boycott Honduras where a journalist
Gets shot if he writes anything like this
Boycott Mexico in the war on drugs
The military acts like the cartel thugs
Boycott the USA make them pay
For torturing people in Guantanamo bay
And boycott Cuba, but if the government hears
You criticize them, you’ll be locked up for years

And boycott Israel, if you think that’s just
But unless you have a double standard you must
Also boycott the rest of the nations
With allegations of human rights violations
We’re not perfect but if you think we’re the worst
First take a look at the rest of the earth
Don’t pick and choose to pick on the Jews
Pick up the paper and read the news

Two decades ago I believed that. Pro-Peace/Antiwar protests changed in the 90s. I tried to book an arena I had previously booked for an event I planed to promote in LA. I was informed by the City that A.N.S.W.E.R. had contracted with the city and ALL peace/antiwar events had to go through them. They allowed me to participate as anyone who wanted to protest for peace. A.N.S.W.E.R. was a new face to me. I had enjoyed a decade of organizing events which there were many Jews, some were Zionists, but at the time I didn’t know much about Israel or Palestine at all. I was happy to see women in hijabs and appreciated A.N.S.W.E.R. bringing more and new voices to Pro-peace. A.N.S.W.E.R. protests were opposed to Israel, not war.

“From the river to the sea…” That’s a chant calling for genocide. At the time I knew of 26 pro-peace groups being run by Jews, some who protested A.N.S.W.E.R. making Israel the issue. Some organizations folded. Some organizations like Code Pink came under attack for Medea Benjamin being a (((Jew))). Code Pink began wearing hijabs to show solidarity. A.N.S.W.E.R., which was associated with CAIR and Soros, were not interested in solidarity. I no longer believe in solidarity. And the pro-peace movement on the left went “poof” under Bush A.N.S.W.E.R. eliminated peace voices that were Jewish as it became little groups of little people standing on corners waving signs and rainbow flags to Antifa.

Ron Paul rEVOLution had many Antiwar from Justin Raimondo subscribers, so the peace movement, as far as I’m concerned went right, and many of us who have worked took the punches, the spit, the harsh words and arrests for the left. We the nameless who have nothing but our battle scars, and now contempt from those like Bedrock and Updegraff who I’m no tar baby. They were my leaders. I loved them unconditionally, and you couldn’t tell me not, as it made me love them more. And for what? I have no kids, because the world is over populated. I didn’t marry because I was a feminist. I volunteered and donated myself into debt and read most books folks here talk about.. even had a CP subscription from the 90s, but what reward is there in scars and constant failure every election to be told it’s the Zionists fault. Really?

One day about a decade ago I decided to find something good about Israel. I searched the internet and went through 436 articles before I found one article that impressed me. It was about how Israel had restored a number of endangered species to thriving. When it came to alternative energy and I’ll just say technology and science, Israel was so advanced I was hooked on learning more, and I have never been disappointed.

Being pro-Israel is not anti-Palestine. To me, Pro-Palestine is opposing the Palestinian Authority, UN, and Christian organizations that project their grievances with Israel onto the Palestinian people. I find Pallywood, the original fake news, the provoking of war against Israel the part of Islam that no one who wants peace should support.

Name me one nation in Islam better than the US. There are not any for a western woman. I’ll wear a hijab in an Islamic country out of respect as I sure don’t have the protection of women in the US government getting pictures taken with Kings. The hatred against the west is propaganda that sustains Islam with no rights for women, yet, the left is supporting Islam against a Jewish state. And it’s glorious what the Zionists have done with their land.

The other day three IDF troops were stabbed. One a really pretty young women, 19. so Israel went through Jerusalem kicking down doors finding 350 Palestinians who were there illegally. Why were they there? Because life is so much much better in Israel. Who can blame any young person with a dream for escaping the brutal Palestinian Authority or escaping the Mexican Police Drug cartels? I don’t. I protest the Palestinian Authority treatment of their people, just as I blame Mexico for making life HELL in Mexico.

Blaming Zionist easy. Blaming dictators and tyrants who make Islam less than great by comparison to Western culture is easy for those who have bought the Iran/Russia/Turkey we want war for kingdoms story.. and there’s a lot, and why maybe now instead of the US protesting for peace, the left is openly for civil war.

“Psychological projection is a theory in psychology in which humans (in this case countries) defend themselves against their own unconscious impulses or qualities (both positive and negative) by denying their existence in themselves while attributing them to others”

There seems to be a lot of projection/finger pointing going around👈👉, today.

“Redwood Quality is based in Ukiah. This sum is basically forked over for services which may or may not be rendered. We won’t know because there’s no meaningful accounting and the Supervisors just wave this big number on through.”

One way to measure if RQMC is doing a good job is to get some numbers from the Public Guardian. The Public Guardian initiates the Court process to invoke and renew conservatorships. If we are spending less and having fewer conservatorships then she is doing a good job.

Of course they will blame it all on Ortner because he doesn’t want anything to do with Mental-cino County anymore, clients or otherwise. I don’t blame him after that false narrative fed to the AVA succeeded in running him out of the County so that RQMC could take over after he did all the heavy lifting in this so called privatization scheme.

But don’t pay me no attention, I’m probably the only expert around on this issue who knows exactly where to look.

I just watched the BOS talk about the RFP that never went out before they handed all that money over to the Schraeders for adult mental health, they plan on dealing with that, lol. Nearly a year and a half ago the Board had given direction for an RFP to go out by now but it never happened.

In 2000, I received recognition for reducing Lake County out of County Conservatorship placements by 33 percent in less than six months. Lake County BOS was very proud of me but my colleagues were pissed because my discharged plans made them have to really work for once in their lives.

Cry Baby Allman is going to argue that he is being stuck with housing and treating clients that should really be the Public Guardian’s responsibility. Building a big facility is not the answer, these people have constitutional rights too.

As CEO and Spokesman for the “Marmon Group”, we are considering a civil lawsuit.

“Most companies and agencies that submit work requests provide prospective bidders with ample time to study the RFP before the deadline. Some companies give vendors as much as one month from the time the RFP is published before the bids are due. This allows bidders time to tinker with their bids, possibly allowing them to seek out new vendors of their own to help meet the needs of the RFP.

Companies wishing to bid on RFPs should monitor the legal notices in local newspapers and trade magazines, and contact the purchasing departments of corporations and government agencies likely to request services and equipment. They should investigate the requirements to be added to the “bid list.” Finally, once the company has fulfilled all obligations necessary to be added to the list, the company’s leadership needs to make certain that it stays on that list.”

O yeah. Ortner was a great deal for the county. The real issue is government abdication of responsibility for basic social responsibilities. This responsibility is a collective one and should be paid for collectively. Of course now that the rich are exempt from proportional taxation human misery will be strictly a cash and carry business. Invest now in dependent children, a growth industry for sure.

After the rant by BB Grace in support of Israeli Apartheid we shall go to the Giants horror story –
Atlanta 9 Giants 0. Cueta took the loss and bull pen coughed up 7 runs – Giants had 4 hits. Giants are sinking out of sight.
Houston 4 A’s 1. A’s were totally outmatched – only had 4 hits.

People say Israel’s an Apartheid state
But I can’t relate to that baseless hate
It’s not really fair to try and compare
A racist regime with the war on terror
Using common sense against violence
Israel had to build up the border fence
And if you think that’s Apartheid it’s because
You don’t know what Apartheid really was

For two thousand years the Jews all roamed
But we always called Israel our home
Unlike the British and Dutch who came
To South Africa where they had no claim
They already had countries overseas
But they wanted to expand to new colonies
So they conquered the natives, bought and sold
That land they stole full of diamonds and gold
The whites united and decided to create
South Africa, as a democratic state
But soon they denied blacks voting rights
So the whole government was controlled by whites
The House and the Senate and all of the courts
Were white so the black people got no support
Plus the police would arrest, and beat
Any peaceful protesters in the street
They split everybody into four different races
And moved them by force into separate places
If you were Indian, black, or brown
You had no business in a white town
They had segregation of transportation
Buses, bus stops, trains and train stations
Separate ambulance, different doctor and nurse
And the black hospitals were always worse
Restaurants, hotels, and the public park
Might be off limits if your skin was dark
It was crime and you could get more than a fine
If you crossed the line of that “Whites Only” sign
They had separate teachers at different schools
Black and white beaches and swimming pools
Cafes and movies theaters wouldn’t let folks in
Discriminating if they had the wrong color skin
No mixed marriage, it was a criminal act
For a white person to have sex with a black
Apartheid went from the womb til the tomb
Couldn’t even take dump in the same bathroom

People say Israel’s an Apartheid state
But I can’t relate to that baseless hate
It’s not really fair to try and compare
A racist regime with the war on terror
Using common sense against violence
Israel had to build up the border fence
And if you think that’s Apartheid it’s because
You don’t know what Apartheid really was

In Israel, Apartheid is not the case
Cause regardless of gender, religion, or race
All Israeli citizens black, brown, and white
Have equal social and political rights
So the Arab Israeli Population
Which makes up twenty percent of the nation
Might be a minority but at least
They can vote, unlike the rest of the Middle East
Look at the whole region you’ll see only
Israel is truly a democracy
Every citizen’s right to vote is protected
And Arab officials often get elected
That’s an important point, let me stress it
There’s a dozen Arabs, with seats in the Knesset
Plus an Arab Judge on the Supreme Court
So they don’t fall short on government support
Everyone has access to the same schools
The same beaches and the same swimming pools
The same resorts and hotel guestrooms
Same public parks and public restrooms
The same cinemas, restaurants, and cafes
Same trains, buses, taxis, and highways
Same doctors, and nurses, all deliveries
Of babies are done in the same facilities
Arab Israeli life expectancy’s great
Up by Twenty seven years since nineteen forty-eight
And their infant mortality rate has declined
From thirty-two per thousand to less than nine
And they’re doing much better economically
Relative to every other Arab country
There’s no restrictions on choice of career
They’re welcome in the military if they volunteer
They can work and reside wherever they please
From Eilat all the way to the sea of Galilee
They live in the very same cities as Jews
On the same street in the same house if the choose

So people say Israel’s an Apartheid state
But I can’t relate to that baseless hate
It’s not really fair to try and compare
A racist regime with the war on terror
Using common sense against violence
Israel had to build up the border fence
And if you think that’s Apartheid it’s because
You don’t know what Apartheid really was

“We’re all Appalachia now and nobody gives a damn because, here in the Rust Belt and Trump-voting south, legislative thunder and lightning are coming down on our heads. We have no shelter from the hard rain of a trillion dollar cut in “entitlements” like Medicaid, Medicare, Assistance to Disabled Families, Food Stamps,

Meals on Wheels hitting us suthiners in partcular and especially hard in the old coal mine valleys. I don’t like using farm language in front of the ladies. But we’re being fucked up the ass by our own people following the lead of the new President we truly love.”

And farther down:

“The Democrats, damn their hides, can’t help me because they too wear the same suit and ties – even the women Democrats seem to. They all belong to the same “made it” tribe and share the same indigenous language native to Washington DC you learn only if you can afford a good college.

Way back in my grandma’s time, the Big Depression, traveling photographers like Dorothea Lange. Walker Evans and Marguerite Bourke White walked among us seeing us at our stoical worst that somehow got the government’s attention to help us in the hollows, valleys and factory towns.

Tonight on TV I see pictures of exploding Syrian babies and Nigerian refugees drowning in the sea. TV glamour.”

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OK, scumbag reactionaries, let fly with your pontificating, damnable lies and then go take a ride in your Mercedes Benz… Your day is coming.